270 get credentialed at apprentice graduation
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Nov. 19, 2018
Four years after digging into the double duties of extra work and academics as apprentices, 270 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees struck pay dirt at the Nov. 16 Apprentice Graduation.
Earning journey-level certificates in 26 production trades and associate degrees in technical arts, the graduates received their new credentials before a massive crowd of well-wishers that overflowed the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center, where the ceremony was held.
Team designs 3D-printed device to reduce time, cost, increase safety
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Oct. 23, 2018
The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Strategic Framework encourages employees at all levels to embrace innovation in support of the command’s mission to deliver warships back to the fleet on-time, every time.
PSNS & IMF honored with Defense maintenance award
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Sept. 25, 2018
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has been selected for the 2018 Robert T. Mason Award for Depot Maintenance Excellence, the Department of Defense announced recently.
Teammates honored to recover, bring home POW/MIA service members
By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Sept. 21, 2018
POW/MIA Recognition Day is meaningful to the loved ones of service members whose status remains unknown, but it’s also significant to those who’ve worked for the command responsible for locating missing service members. The command responsible for location is the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA, formerly known as Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command or JPAC).
Shipyard STEM outreach earns regional recognition
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Sept. 19, 2018
For the second time in three years, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility program of science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach to area students has earned an award from the Navy’s regional headquarters.
Shipyard newsletter now available online
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Sept. 6, 2018
Salute, the official newsletter for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, is now publicly available online for the first time.
23 trained for Navy innovations graduate Aug. 24
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Aug. 27, 2018
Innovation is at the core of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s strategy for accomplishing its mission: maintaining, modernizing and retiring the Navy’s fleet. The shipyard and other local Navy commands recently certified a group of employees specially trained to lead the innovative processes intended to make their organizations successful into the future.
Shipyard innovation improves label plate process, reduces time and cost
By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Aug. 27, 2018
It’s not every day an idea reduces hazardous waste, cuts down on processing time, saves the command $28,000 a year and produces a higher quality product. Forward-thinking teammates in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Sheet Metal Shop (Shop 17) came up with just such an idea when looking to improve label plates used on vessels.
Command STEM outreach program makes difference locally
By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Aug. 17, 2018
The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s science, technology, engineering and math outreach initiatives reached a milestone this year, celebrating ten years of success.
Shipyard receives 11th consecutive energy award
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Aug. 16, 2018
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has been named as a recipient of the 2018 Secretary of the Navy Energy Excellence Award, receiving a gold-level award.
Historic shipyard caissons on sale in disposal effort
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | Aug. 8, 2018
For sale: Unique 1911 and 1918 watercraft. VERY low mileage. 4.5 million pounds of history in these must-see models. Clean titles, no accidents. Need some TLC. You haul. Best offer.
Shipyard innovators recognized during ceremony
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | July 26, 2018
Six Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees whose suggestions improved performance, enhanced safety or saved money at the command were honored for their efforts during an award ceremony at the shipyard July 17.
Camaraderie rewards PSNS & IMF employee at Warrior Games
By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | July 23, 2018
Bill Longworth, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility environmental health and safety auditor, valued the camaraderie he felt for his fellow competitors as much as he did his success at the Department of Defense’s 2018 Warrior Games, June 1-9, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Shipyard employee finds passion coaching Wounded Warriors
By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Office | July 23, 2018
Adrienne Rank, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility human resources staffing and recruitment specialist, knows first-hand the amount of work that goes into coaching Wounded Warriors and the satisfaction that comes with it. She is an active supporter, coach and volunteer.
PSNS & IMF to conduct oil spill training exercise
By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs | July 10, 2018
BREMERTON, Wash. -- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility will practice its ability to protect the Sinclair Inlet environment during an oil spill response training exercise on Thursday, July 12.